Gary’s Coaching Thought for the Week

“The quality of a leader can’t be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.” Simon Sinek (Leadership Guru)

This quote is a great reminder for us as coaches, to continue developing the coaching skill of asking probing and insightful questions of your players. In this way we engage their cricket intelligence and help them improve their game awareness. There is so much more value for the player in a quality question to make him think about his game, rather than an instruction – which is usually easier to do.

Having watched some school cricket over the past week, I was reminded of how we as coaches must keep a handle on the behaviour of our players. If you as a coach are encouraging your players to sledge the opposition and use any unsportsmanlike tools to get a result, you are doing them a disservice. A player with a big mouth, using bully tactics to get what he wants, is not that cool to watch and does not develop the tools of resilience when the going gets tough. Build maturity and humility in your team culture – it is a far more endearing quality.

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